Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Mike Hay, Councillor Carina O’Reilly, Wendy Quarry and Jez Reeve 

There were no public questions. 

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on the 3^rd July 2012 

The minutes of the meeting of the 3^rd July 2012 were agreed as a correct record.

 

Matters Arising

 

Links to the County Council Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board are now available on the City Council web pages and can be found here: http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=347

Tom Dutton said that hewill also keep the partnership informed of any relevant consultations or reports from the Local Commissioning Groups.

 

Contact details for housing issues. Arrangements have been made in the  Council’s Customer Access Centreto receive calls from local GP’s about housing issues, so that they can be directed to appropriate officers who can help with their problems. 

Liz Robin to introduce this item. Forward Plan attached. 

Liz Robin gave am update on the work of the Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board. She saidthat successful consultations  had been undertaken with58 stakeholder groups, so far. The findings from the consultation will be  reported back to theShadow Board in the October committee cycle and then onto district forums.

A report about the Safer Homes initiative, including wider preventative strategies will be presented at the next meeting. The new, cross-authority, home aid service will be a part of this. Jas Lally would contact Alan Carter for an update on the service to be shared with the partnership.

Action: Jas Lally

 

Other reports will cover the preparation of the Victim and Offender Joint Health Needs Assessment and the areas of immediate action for the partnership. Cllr Smart reported that City Councillors had recently met with the Police. There was now a named officer to address domestic violence matters. Concerns were raised that the force appeared to be losing senior officers who had experience in this area. 

 

Liz Robin’s also reported that Healthwatch were keen to engage with this partnership and that this was something that the partnership could look at, at a future meeting. Liz announced that there was likely to be another round of “Winter Warmth” funding.

Mike Hay to introduce this item. Background reports attached. 

Ageing Well

 

Mike Hay reported on the Ageing Well Programme and drew attention to its emerging themes: connections to other people, being active, feeling safe and supported, learning opportunities and transport concerns.

 

The partnership was asked to consider setting up a local Ageing Well Group. Concerns were raised about what such a group would add to the existing networks and the possibility of duplication of work done by groups such as COPE.  The partnership asked to see the Terms of Reference of the equivalent South Cambridgeshire group to assess what additional contribution one like it in Cambridge could contribute.

Action: Mike Hay

 

The Partnership agreed that they would need more details on what was already available in the area for older people and how those groups and services network with each other. If no definitive list exists, a piece of work could be commissioned.

 

Community Navigators

 

Mike Hay updated the partnership on the Community Navigator Project.  This three-year project aims to signpost potential service users to statutory and voluntary organisations that might be of assistance to them. The navigator approach is based on successful scheme in operation in Dorset. However, the Dorset scheme only covered rural areas. The navigators in Cambridgeshire were now in post and would be invited to this partnership at a later date.

 

Work had begun to establish what organisations and services are available at present and where the gaps were. Research to examine ‘trigger events’ that bring services users into contact with providers was also planned.

 

The partnership agreed that many links are already in place and that most advice agencies had their own list of community services. What was lacking was a comprehensive list held by a lead agency. Some concerns were raised about how this approach would work in a complex urban environment when the natural geographical boundaries were less obvious.

 

The partnership asked that the Community Navigator covering Cambridge is invited to a future meeting of the partnership to outline his/her work programme and to give initial views about the area. It was felt thatthat GP’s could be a very useful link for the community navigators.

Jas Lally to introduce a draft response prepared from discussions at Sub-group meeting on 29^th August. Draft response attached. 

Jas Lally introduced the draft response to the Cambridgeshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012-17. It reiterated the partnership’s approach on the need to focus on a manageable number of priority areas. The response will be reviewed to ensure that all issues raised at the last partnership meeting were included. It was agreed that more emphasis should be given in the response to mental health issues, including child mental health as this area is a big issue for  Cambridge. Paul Sales outlined some of the recent work of the Adults Wellbeing and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee in relation to mental health services. The Chair ask for Paul to be sent a revised version of the draft, to offer comment. 

Jas Lally to lead a discussion about a work programme for the partnership, including a workshop looking at GP issues and where the local authorities could contribute to their resolution. 

The partnership considered the themes for further investigation. These included, any issues that emerged from the planned GP case study workshop, mental health, ageing well and alcohol related issues.

 

The partnership agreed to move ‘ageing well’ to the bottom of the priority list, as there is already a lot of work on-going in this area at present.  Likewise, child mental health is under review by the County Council and the partnership would monitor the progress and contribute where appropriate.

 

The partnership stressed the need for good communication with other partnership bodies to avoid duplication of work and to maximise results from existing resources. Concerns were raised about how the partnership could keep track of the work of other groups and cross cutting issues.

 

The partnership suggested that there were emerging issues related to the growth agenda and new communities. New communities had a high proportion of residents for whom English was not the first language and this presented health care issues.

 

Community cohesion in growth areas was discussed. The Head of Community Development was leading on this and a full time Community Engagement Officer was now in post to work in the growth areas. A briefing note on growth areas, networking and community cohesion was requested.

Action Jas Lally

Members are asked to agree the issues they wish to discuss at the next meeting of the partnership. 

Cambridge Local Health Partnership – Forward Plan

 

Subject	Background	Lead Member/Officer
29th November 2012
GP led case studies	Feedback and discussion on workshop looking at GP cross agency issues (This item to include Winter Warmth).	Jas Lally   Jas Lally / Liz Robin
Adult Mental Health Strategy	The service strategy is currently out for consultation. To give members an update on progress.	Graham Saint / Jane Belman
TBC January 2013
Community Navigators	The Cambridge Navigator and Head of Community Development (Trevor Woollams)  to be invited to meeting
Briefing note on developing communities in growth areas	To give a feel for the networks that might be put in place to make the new communities more cohesive
Update on the developing HealthWatch	To assess the role of this body in the locality and how it could relate to other health related services and the partnership.
Ageing Well	How are the other locality groups covering district council areas developing and whether there is a need for a similar group in Cambridge

Members are asked to bring diaries. 

The next meeting will be on 29^th November 2012